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Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 18

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Caller-Hmes Sun July 4 1971 DEATHS AND FUNERALS II Clarence Monroe Clarence Monroe 87 of 10942 Shady Lane died at 10:15 am yesterday in a local hospital after a long Illness He was a native of Van Zandt County and had lived in Corpus Christi since 1923 He was a cotton ginner prior to his retirement in 1957 Survivors include his wife Mary Lynn of Corpus Christi daughter Mrs Gertrude Neal El Paso six step brothers and sisters and two grandchildren Funeral services will be pm tomorrow at the Clifton Jackson Funeral Home chape in A a 1 1 1 with Mr Buford of the Ingleside Church of Christ and Mr Ed Browning of the Riverside Church of Christ officiating Burial will be in Memory Gardens Mra Anice Rhodes Funeral services will be at 3 pm today at the Clifford Jack son Funeral Home chapel on Kostoryz for Mrs Anice Rhodes 75 with Dr Vincent Morris and Dr Don Pevey both of the First Methodist Church officiating Burial will be 2 pm tomorrow in Bryan at the city cemetery Pallbearers will he Clifford Wallace Ashley Johnson Clarence Tillman Pankey I Cummins and Ben Cannon Mrs Rhodes of 417 Naples died Friday in a local hospital after a long illness A White Lote Van Meter Sr Lote Van Meter Sr 77 of 10718 Glenwood died at 11:15 am yesterday in a local hospital after a long Illness A native of Ohio he had lived in Corpus Christi since 1936 A retired auto mechanic he was Navy veteran of World War and a member of the American Legion Gragg-Sherrill Post Funeral services will be at 10 am Tuesday in the Clifford Jackson Funeral Chapel in An-naville with the Rev Gary Hines pastor officiating The body will be taken to Waverly Ohio for burial Survivors include three sons John and Robert Van Meter both of Corpus Christi and Lote Van Meter Jr of Gainesville two daughters Mrs Betty Jane Welch of Gainesville and Mrs Avenelle Wlttavgle of Waverly three brothers Glenn and Everett Van Meter both of Frankfort Ohio and William Van Meter of Brooklyn NY one sister Mrs Ethel Edwards of Marion Ohio Ubaldo Riojas The Rosary for Ubaldo Riojas 63 of 517 Shawnee will be recited at 8 pm today in the Angelas Funeral Home Chapel Funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 am tomorrow in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park Riojas died at 7:30 pm Friday in a local hospital after short illness Otto Jackson McCollum Otto Jackson McCollum 77 one of the co-owners of the Catalina Motel and the Surf Motel here died at 5 am Friday in a Wichita Falls hospital where he had been a patient since suffer ing a heart attack June 22 Funeral services will be held at 10 am Tuesday in the Arnold Moore Funeral Home chapel in Bartlesville Okla Masonic graveside rites will be conducted in Memorial Park in Bartlesville McCollum was bom in Spring-field Mo He was a veteran of World War I and was a member of several Masonic organiza tions McCollum made charitable contributions to many boys ranches in Texas Hilario Partida ROBSTOWN Hilario Partida 72 died at 12:30 pjn Friday at his home here after a long illness A native of Cuero he had lived in Robstown 25 years Funeral services will be 3 pm Sunday in St Catholic Church Burial will be in St Anthony Cemetery Ramon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Survivors include his wife Evangeliga three sons Pedro Ruben and Mario Partida all of Robstown three daughters Mrs Marcelina Gaona of Sanger Calif and Misses Maria Andrea and Maria Guadalupe Partida both of Robstown and three grandchildren James Franklin Bozman Mrs Jose Peres Mrs Jose Perez 81 of 206 Hiawatha died at 5:45 am yesterday in a local nursing home after a long illness A native of Brownsville she had lived in Nueces County 75 years Her given name was Maria Saldana The Rosary will be recited ai 30 pm today in the Angelus Funeral Home chapel Funera mass will be celebrated at pm tomorrow in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery Survivors include her husband one daughter Mrs Guadalupe Trevino Sr of Corpus Christi five sons Jesus Teles-foro and Jose Perez Jr all of Corpus Christi Paulo Perez of San Antonio and Gilbert Perez of San Jose Calif 33 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren Charles Nelson Gregory Funeral services will be at 2 pm Sunday at the Dobie Funeral Home chapel here for Charles Nelson Gregory 31 Burial will be in the Tom Mathis Cemetery Gregory a native of Mathis and an Army veteran was killed Friday afternoon when his crop-dusting plane crashed near the Papalote Creek Bridge the vicinity of the Bee-San Patricio counties line He and his brother operated Gregory Bros Crop-dusting Service here the past two years Mrs Bertha Fowler MRS ERNESTINE RAMIREZ LEADS COUNSELING SESSION summer school students learn to discuss feelings Children Bring Emotions Out At Group Counseling Sessions KINGSVILLE-Mrs Bertha Fowler 90 died at 5:45 pm Friday at a local hospital after a short illness She was born in Kansas and moved to Kingsville in 1916 from Armstrong She was a retired vocational nurse Funeral services will be 4 pm Sunday in the Piper Funeral Home chapel here with burial in Chamberlain Cemetery James Franklin Bozman 70 died at 9 am Friday in a Kerrville hospital after a long illness A former resident of Beeville he lived in Converse at the time of his death He was an Army veteran of World War II Funeral services will be 2:30 pm Sunday at the Galloway Sons Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Glennwood Cemetery Clyde Harvy Wood ARANSAS PASS Clyde Harvy Wood 70 died at 7:45 am Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness A native of Austin he had ived in Aransas Pass 17 years A retired oilfield worker he was a member of the Aransas Past dasonic Lodge and the Independent Organization of Odd Fel ows Funeral services will be at :30 pm Monday in the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel lurial will be In Prairie View Cemetery with Masonic graveside services John Milina the here-and-now said Ray Falk guidance consultant for the district counselor will use the group to reinforce productive behavior and to discuss ways nonproductive behavior can be The counselors are Mrs Ernestine Ramirez Mrs Elizabeth Dietz Mrs Mary Ann Cradoct and Mrs Georgia McCoy Each works with four Title I summer school programs The materials used to stimulate discussion are many and varied: Records songs stories unfinished stories unfinishec sentences Drawing Responses One day last week Mrs Ramirez was using a flip-chart of pictures to draw a response from a group of 6 on showing how people feel Sthe children to identify their lings share them with the group and talk about how people show their feelings First Effort This la the first time that the Corpus Christi Independent School District has tried this ap-ch in counseling to reach rge numbers of elementary school children Participation is voluntary but each chUd is offered a chance to attend one small group session a week In some schools all the students are involved In small groups generally the program readies about 65 per cent Increasing self-understanding and understanding others are the broad goals of the program the small groups each child has an opportunity to identify with a group and to focus on By ANNE DODSON The picture showed a young boy and a heavily-veiled woman both had sad expressions on their faces the crying because his mother died and the lady is his auntie who is going to take care of The other children nodded solemnly do you do when you feel sad about the counselor asked the group go Inside the house and hit fight with my The children are attending elementary school this summer and are participating in a week-y group counseling session The counselor who is one of four working on this project was using pictures as a technique to I A White 60 died at 11 am Friday in a Houston hospital after short illness He was a native of SaPado and had lived in Bishop the past 37 years moving here from Kingsville He was a farmer and farm machinery merchant Funeral services will be Monday at the Bishop Church of Christ Burial will be Resthaven Cemetery in (ingsville under the direction of Piper Funeral Home of Bishop In lieu of flowers the family asked that contributions he made to a memorial fund estab-ished in name at the Bishop State Bank and at the Bishop Church of Christ i Mra Annie Johnston ALICE Mrs Annie Johnston 80 died at 4:30 am Satur-ay in a local rest home follow-ng a long illness She was a native of Hopkins County Her husband the late Roy Johnston owned and operated a Jewelry store in Alice for many years He died in 1966 Mrs Johnston was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Alice Mrs Myrtle Houlihan BEEVILLE-Mrs Myrtle Houlihan 73 died at 9 pm Friday at a local hospital after a long illness She was born in the Gussettville community and had-lived in Beeville for more than 40 years The Rosary will be recited at 8:15 pm Sunday at the Galloway Sons Funeral Home Odessa Woman Dies In 2 -Car Collision McCAMEY IB Pearl Lee Crenshaw 65 of Odessa was killed Saturday when two cars collided on US 385 about a mile and a half north of this Far West Texas town The Texas Department of said Mi Public Safety said Mrs Cren- Hunt Persists for 4th Victim In East Texas Lake Tragedy Chapel Funeral Mass will be 9 shaw was a passenger in one of I am Monday at the St the cars involved in the smash- Catholic Church with burial in up I the Gussettville cemetery US Docker Strike West Coast Jams Canadian Port PORT ARANSAS -John Milina 91 died Saturday afternoon a local hospital after a long illness A native of Yugoslavia he had lived in Port Aransas 60 years He was retired shrimper and party boat captain and was a member of St Catholic Church The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 pm Sunday in the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel Funeral services will be at 2 pm Monday ih the SL Catholic Church Burial will be in the Port Aransas Cemetery Survivors include one son Bubba Milina of Port Aransas three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren hlra Lula Crisp Mrs Lula' Crisp 88 died at 6:10 am Saturday in a local nursing home following a long illness A native of Montague County she was long-time resident of Victoria and was a member of the Central Church of Christ Funeral services will be II am Monday at the Central Church of Christ Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home Mra Ada Adell Vernon Everyone participated indud-ing the shyest children are happy they aril at a farm and seeing all me said a small giriIre-sponding to one picture 2 do you show youpre asked the counselor and 2 At another school Mrs Qfetz wag using the series (Developing Understanding! of Self and Others) The children remembered the groupdiscus-sion rules from the previous week and sang along with -the about the dolphin which the stories The rules are: Raise your hand to talk listen carefully clam up stick to the pgint and think together The story of a red-and-vftito bird who insisted he was a bluebird because people liked Hue-birds led to a discussion of dach uniqueness 2 Poses Questioa 2 there anyone who is exactly like asked Mrs Dietz father looks like me and talks like me jbut he think like said a third-grader The counseling session ended with a round-the-table discussion in which each child was afleed to tell the group something- he liked about himself is hard to do whqjher you are a child or an Mrs Dietz said Jt is easier- to think in negative erms Also our society plices such a value on what we produce that this is where the children think their value I The children did indeed tfttnit terms production cut weeds help my mother Qualities came much more slowly These were easier td ascribe to other people: got lots of fiinny and makes ms has a big In addition to working With small groups counselors -fre-uently provide group gnidancw I- the classroom Individual counseling Is provided at either the request of the child orihta teacher Leaning Trut I found that the children get to know me through tbs small said Mrs Ramirez they feel like trust-ng me and come to me with some of their problems So far this summer they've talked about loneliness social and peer Fak said that the earlier problems can be Identified the easier it is to help the child We feel that counselors work-ng on the elementary school level can serve in this preventive he said the area" Paul said really get to Imagining that you have struck something metal or fiber glass when what you want to Apprehension was noticeable Saturday as the men tensed ev ery time the dragging lines snagged a tree or underwater brush just keep on looking until we find Paul said after another fruitless two hours on the lake all think epared ourselves for when we do find Paul who said he just gave up all hope last week came back to the search with renewed determination get the whole thing over will be a lot of relief when it he said then like not really knowing for the last time they were seen alive There were no witnesses to the aebident High Winds One theory has it that high winds that hit the lake area with little warning caused the boat to be swamped Some think the four might have had motor trouble or punctured the boat on underwater brush A Hunt County game management officer Glenn Mitchell said Satarday he is certain that when the boat is found Mrs body will be found along with that of her pet poodle which was believed on the boat with the four fishermen there have been lota of times when we have thought we found something while dragging Hector Vela HEBBRONVILLE -Hector Vela 73 died at 6:30 pm Thursday in a Houston hospital after a short illness A native of Mexico he had lived in Heb-bronville the past 50 years and worked as chief deputy in the Jim Hogg County Tax Office for 16 years Survivors include his wife Eulalia of Hebbronville Funeral services will be pm Sunday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church here Burial will be in the New Hebbronville Cemetery under the direction of Howard-WU-liams Funeral Home WEST TAWAKONI Texas If) For Ruth and James Lewis Mesquite June 18 began what was to be a quiet weekend the lake with friends But for Ruth family June 18 was the beginning of nightmare that still' is not over Mrs Lewis presumably drowned with her husband am Mr and Mrs Boyd Rodgers Balch Springs when the boat in which they were all riding mysteriously disappeared somewhere in the Caddo Inlet of the lake The bodies of Mr and Mrs Rodgers were found June 2 several hundred yards north of where the boat was thought to have vanished Early the next morning the body of James Lewis was found about two miles to the west near Wins Point Park in Hunt County But the search continues for Mrs Lewis and the boat a 14-footer Since they were notified of the accident Mrs three brothers from the Mesquite-Dallas area have come to the lake almost every renting borrowing and begging boats and equipment to help in the search Tm The US West Coat longshore strike is jamming the Canadian port of Vancouver BC with rerouted freighters seeking unload their cargoes there The International Longshore-men'i and warehouseman' Union has closed down 24 US ports from San Diego to Be linghan Wash since 15000 dockers walked out Thursda morning By Friday flight 42 deep sea ships were at berth or at anchor in Vancouver and eight more nearby New Westminster with more on the way the BC Wharf Association reported The association issued a list priorities with preference for cargo with Canadian destinations US-bound cargo will be han- OATH TO US Lee Document Put on Display Calallen Board Meets Tomorrow The Calallen Independent School District board will meet at 7:30 pm tomorrow in the school Homemaking Building The agenda includes: purchases for a new high school for a school depository for 1071-72 and 1972-73 Bids for cafeteria services for 1971-72 financial report on the cafeteria for this year KINGSVILLE-Mrs Ada Adell Vernon 83 died at 2 pm Saturday in a Premont nursing home A native of Salem Mo she lived in Kingsville from 1940 until 1966 at which time she moved to Premont She was member of the Eastern Star Lodge Graveside services will be Tuesday at Chamberlain Cemetery in Kingsville under the direction of Piper Funeral Ffome Air Search ton Virginia do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that I will henceforth faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of staves so help me died under association priority of unloading facilities One ship loaded with Japanese automobiles for the US marke waited Friday to unload and other ships loaded with Japanese cars were expected in the next few days Port officials said it would be impossible to find storage for a the cars until they can be shipped overland into the United States In Mexico the small port o' Ensenada also geared to handle diverted freighters with officia approval of President Luis Echeverrla Alvarez Alverez assigned Carlos Magana Corria director general of Mexico's port administration to see to it that cargo handling was expedited In Ensenada 65 miles south of the US border The 15000-ton Rheinland West German freighter was the first diverted ship to dock at Ensena da Thursday night It started unloading its cargo of chemicals generators and other industrial products for truck tran shipment through a special customs truck compound set up at San Ysidro Calif Ensenada shipping brokers said four ships with banana car-l oes wore expected Monday in i te port with pier space limited to a maximum of four ships In San Francisco where con-ract negotiations broke off Wednesday night both employer and union spokesmen said iere was no indication when talks might resume James Robertson Pacific Maritime Association spokesman said he was taking a long weekend away from his office Picketing was peaceful in all te struck ports in California Oregon and Washington Teamsters Union truck drivers lonored the ILWU picket lines The two unions are themselves in dispute over the offdock stuffing and unloading of cargo containers The ILWU newspaper the Dispatcher reported the PMA the employer has refused to extend ILWU jurisdiction over containers in the new agreement The issue of off-dock container handling may develop into one of the strike's trickiest It is an issue dividing the ILWU and the Teamsters normally closely cooperating unions on the West Coast of Owsley Hill 45 Dies in Harlingen RICHMOND Va (AP) -Robert oath of allowance to the United States lost for more than a century and recently discovered in a bundle of tapers in the National Archives las been put on display at the Museum of the Confederacy Lee signed the oath In Lexington Va on Oct 2 1865-the same day be became president of what Is now Washington and Lee University The document will be on display through August Museum director Kurt Brandenburg said the discovery of the paper came as a surprise to many historians who believed that Lee failed to satisfy the requirements for restoration of his citizenship after the Civil War two US senators tarry Byrd Jr and William i Spong Jr have joined In Introducing a resolution to restore full citizenship to tee Hie oath reads: Robert Lee of Lexing 2 Policemen Are Injured On Solcdad Two local police officers won attacked by about 30 young men while the patrolmen were attempting to quiet down the large group at 2 am yesterday Patrolman Gonzalez and Brelsford found the group of men playing loud music and drinking alcoholic beverages on the side of the street in the 2500 block of Soledad When the officers approached the group one of the men ran at Gonzalez struck him and then ran back into the crowd Gonzalez chased the assailant and was immediately surrounded by several men who knocked the policeman to the ground and Began beating him Gonzalez suffered minor cuts on his arm and hand inflicted with a knife Another group of men grabbed Brelsford and knocked him to the ground However Brelsford dispersed his assailants by firing a shot from his pistol Sever-al persons were taken Into cus- One of the brothers Lowell Camp a retired Air Force ma-or and now a pilot for a Dallas bank has flown over the lake several times hoping to find some clue to the disappearance He was in the1 air Saturday 5th day of the search while his brother Paul a funeral director at Mesquite and two other mm were dragging another portion of the search area exhausted just about every possible method Paul said as he prepared tlje dragging apparatus There have been divers from the Dallas Fire Department where another James works the Texas Department of Public Safety has had helicopters in the area off and on and the Camps even were given a detector device from a Garland electronics firm to aid In the hunt Paul said that the only thing left is to appeal to the Department of the Navy to help them Many people have spent many hours pitching in offering boats motors lodging and food to aid the search parties people have just been commented Mrs Lowell Camp who has been at the rescue site most of the time There has been an air of mystery around the incident The four reportedly had gone out in the little fiber glass to inspect trot lines set by Rodgers That was (M iiarts it abliVi iftvBat CaUcr-Tbiwi Ntwi torvka HARLINGEN Owiley Hill '5 a member of a praninen South Texas family and whose grandfather Lon Hill Sr was the founder of Harlingen died Friday night in a Harlingen hospital after a long illness Hill was born in Manor the son of Mr and Mrs Lon Hill fr Ills father has been active or many years in the Corpus Christi area and has served as iresident and chairman of the oard of Central Power and Light Co Owsley Hill had been a rest ent of Bqyview since 1954 A farmer he was named outstand-ng conservation farmer in the Rio Grande Valley in 1965 He was a director of the Dolly Vinsant Hospital In San Benito director of the Rio Grande Rehabilitation District a member the board of trustees of the Los Fresnos School District and had served as director secretary and president pf the Cameron County Water Improve- also a member of the Board of Adjustment of Bayview and a communicant of All Saints Episcopal Church ih San Benito Survivors in addition to his wife Mary of Bayview include several Conius Christi residents including nis parents and a brother Lon Hill IH Other survivors include three daughters Misses Betty Dabney and Diane Hill all of Bay-view and a sister Mrs Kenneth Burgess of Milwaukee Wise Funnel services will be 2 pm Monday in the Kreidler-Ash craft Funeral Home chapel in Harlingen with burial in Mount Meta Memorial Park Pallbearers will be Jen Carr Carl Dudley Foy Bill Webb Huitt Davis and Bernard Gobar The family requests that in leu of flowers donations be made to the American Cancer Society' the Los Fresnos Volunteer Fire Department the restoration fund for the Lon Hill home in Harlingen or to a chart- We pay excellent interestin' TIME DEPOSITS CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT and REGULAR SAVINGS! ash Injuries Fatal To Waco Trucker TEMPLE III Otho Boen a Waco truck driver Injured in a ruck-train crash Friday in Hearne died Saturday in a Temple hospital Boen was fatally injured when his truck and a train collided in Hearne officers said Another patrolman Maldonado was kicked in the stomach by a 20-year-old man who had been brought In to the city jail at 1:20 am yesterday Police said Maldonado was Sicked twice while standing next to the prisoner 6ankl? Airtine ment District No 11 He was'ty of the choice.

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